logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2023
34m 35s

Ajay Banga President of World Bank: Pove...

Norges Bank Investment Management
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Oct 9
Friday Wrap-Up: Lessons from a Former Boss and the Decline of Shareholder Rights
This week's Friday Wrap-Up looks back at Nicolai Tangen's podcast conversation with John Armitage, his former boss and a man he calls one of the most important people in his life. Marthe and Nicolai discuss what Armitage taught him about analysing companies, why the best investor ... Show More
12m 3s
Oct 7
John Armitage: How He Invests, Building Egerton, and What Worries Him About AI
Nobody has taught Nicolai as much about investing as John Armitage. First as his largest client, later as his boss for five years at Egerton Capital. For this episode the two meet in London, where John walks through his approach to investing: what makes a company worth the time, ... Show More
54m 25s
Oct 2
Friday Wrap-Up: The Humanoid Robotics Race and What You Should Be Reading
Back in Oslo this week, Marthe Skaar and Nicolai Tangen sit down together for a Friday Wrap-Up to talk about his podcast conversation with Dr. Kai Yu, founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics. They look at the role Horizon plays in the self-driving car industry, how China's tightly li ... Show More
12m 14s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2021
Bonus: Financial Inclusion and Limits of a Cashless System | Ajay Banga
Roughly two billion people worldwide don't have access to banks or financial services like credit, insurance and investment. How do we bridge this divide? Former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga sits down with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers to discuss how innovat ... Show More
17m 16s
Aug 2024
Journey to a Livable Planet | The Development Podcast
Creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet has been the vision and mission of the World Bank Group since October 2023. But what does it mean for people and planet? We’ve just wrapped up our series of podcasts exploring these crucial questions, and in this episode we bri ... Show More
23m 27s
Jun 2022
India Unleashed — Necessary Reforms for an Emerging Economic Superpower
Dr. Ajay Chhibber joins the Essential Podcast to talk about India's path to becoming an upper middle income country, the necessary reforms that will unleash the country's potential, and the challenges that yet hold it back. 
44m 26s
Dec 2020
Financial inclusion, the digital divide and other thoughts on the future of money | Ajay Banga
Roughly two billion people worldwide don’t have access to banks or financial services like credit, insurance and investment -- or even a way to formally prove their identity. How do we bridge this divide? Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga sits down with TED current affairs curator Whitne ... Show More
20m 48s
Jun 2024
A special interview with World Bank boss Ajay Banga
<p>Exactly one year into his new job, we meet Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank. He previously ran Mastercard, but following President Biden's nomination, Ajay Banga took on one of the most important roles in finance in June 2023. He tells us what steps he is puttin ... Show More
17m 27s
Dec 2024
Will the end of economic growth come by design — or disaster? | Gaya Herrington
What if solving poverty, caring for nature and fostering well-being were the ultimate goals of the economy, instead of growth for its own sake? Environmentalist and economist Gaya Herrington proposes a shift in thinking from "never enough" to "enough for each," asking us to conte ... Show More
14m 48s
Jun 2022
1373: How Companies Can Help Solve Financial Inequality
Today, a very candid conversation with three guests on how corporate America can be more effective at closing wealth gaps. This episode is a recording of a live panel I moderated last month at an event called Disruptive Discourse. The event was organized by the team ofColor, a fi ... Show More
31m 44s
Jun 2022
Inside Davos + Understanding the Geopolitical Recession
Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, joins Scott to discuss the state of our global economy. We hear about his key takeaways from Davos, the war in Ukraine, and which ec ... Show More
54m 58s
Dec 2024
2024 in Review and the Challenges Ahead | The Development Podcast
As the world approaches the quarter way point of the 21st century, we take stock of the last year in development and the challenges ahead. And we return to the work of the International Development Association (IDA), in verse. Join us as we hear from Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Econ ... Show More
25m 1s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami